Responsive design has become increasingly important in recent years. Today, being fully responsive is a feature that has become all but mandatory for WordPress plugins and themes. Yet, unless you are a web designer, exactly what makes responsive design what it is might still be a bit of a Pandora’s box for you. You are certainly aware that it is important but that’s about it. How it works or how to implement it is still somewhat beyond you. Or maybe your site is even still running a static theme and you want to update it without losing the look you have […]
How To Make Any WordPress Theme Responsive
Having a responsive website is incredibly important. This tutorial is especially important if you are still running a static theme that you want to make responsive. Doing so can often be easier than taking an already responsive theme and customizing it to fit your design. However, even if you are merely interested in learning how to implement responsive design in practical terms, this is the article for you. How To Convert Your WordPress Theme To Responsive Design First, we need to go over the basics of responsive design: Fluid site grid with proportionate instead of fixed measures Flexible images Implementing design […]
Working With Responsive Images In WordPress Core
Responsive design has been around for quite many years by now. And with the advent of WordPress 4.4 in December last year, responsive images became a part of WordPress core. What does this imply for WordPress users and developers? In this article, we will be discussing what is meant by responsive images in WordPress core, and why you should be happy about it. Working With Responsive Images In WordPress Core Background While responsive images have only recently found their way in WordPress core, the concept of responsive images in itself is not new to the world of WordPress. Prior to version […]
Media Queries In Responsive Design
Since its inception, responsive design has found good response from the design community, with more and more designers and developers favoring responsive design, owing to the steady rise of mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones. Speaking of responsive design, media queries form an integral and essential part of the responsive web design process. While a large number of responsive frameworks do exist—including responsive WordPress themes—nearly all of them rely on media queries to differentiate one screen size and resolution from another. So, what exactly is a media query? Are media queries the ultimate means to achieve responsive design? In […]
Responsive vs. Adaptive Design
Nowadays, internet access is not limited to just laptops or desktop computers. Instead, with the advent of mobile devices, more and more users are accessing the internet using a diverse array of gadgets—and screen resolutions. As a result, the importance of having a website that performs well across multiple devices, like smartphones and tablets, cannot be stressed enough. And when it comes to creating a website that looks great across these different devices, there are two major approaches: responsive design and adaptive design. In this article, I’ll be taking a look at the benefits and drawbacks of both these approaches. […]
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